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Has Caused Much Talk

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
March
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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A matter that has occupied the attention oí a great many people this past week, has been the charges and affidavits made by Marshal Peterson against Sheriff Jiulson, as to the amount of lilerty allowed the three prisoneis who are contined in the jtiil in conneetion with the Richards murder. ïhe ürst intimation was given Saturday morning, when three young men stiited that they had seen Rupert Jones in Fred Urown's saloon, asking for some bottled beer. The back door of Brown's saloon opens onto the alley which runs aloogside the jail: Sheriif Judson was greatly put out at the statements, which soon became noised abroad and reached his ears. He denied the charges and said that he could produce affidavits to prove that the statements were false. Marshal Peterson then introduced the allidavits ot' two young men who claimed that they had seen Jones. Don cstark swore that he saw Rupert Jones going into Urown's saloon Saturday morning unattended. He further deposed that when Sheriff Judson took him to the jail to identify Jones, he said it was the same man he saw in the alley unattended by an oflicer. J. Stewart Cole also swore that he saw Jones in Brown's saloon on Saturday morning about 9 o'clock unattended by any ollicer. Marshal M. C. Peterson swore to an aflidavit in which he stated that on Wednesday or Thursday of last week he saw Larkins in the jail yard in the custody of no officer; also that on Maren 16, in the morning, he saw Rupert Jones in the hall of the jail alone when the door was unlocked, thus enabling the prisoner to go at large if he so desired. On Saturday, Mr. Peterson had a statement in the Washtenaw Evening Times, in which in addition to giving the facts as abuve sworn to, he stated :hat, in spite of Mr. Judson's belief in the innocence of the prisoners, he is making no effort at iindiug the guilty parties. In rebuttal of these charges Sheriff Judson secured a statement ftotn the bartender of a saloon in which it was said Jones had been seen, who .said hat Jones did not enter there at any time Saturday, accompunied or unacompanied; also from his deputy sherffs that not one of tne three men had been away from the personal supervision of oöicers since beins: contided to the sherilï's care, and further stated that his deputies are still quietly at vvork on the case. While scofling at the story and aflidavits of Marshal Peterson, the sheriff says that Jones Uas been out of his cell several times, but always in the company of a deputy or himself. A few naya ago he was taken to a Hurón st. barber shop to have his hair cut, and was taken for a little walk on another occasion, but the story of his hanging ound saloons unaccompanied is enmphatically denied.